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Deep Creek Prospects

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093485
MRDS ID W013531
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Creek Prospects
Related records 10241632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.19676, 45.12378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 2 3/4 MI. NE OF COBALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobalt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 019E 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BILLINGS 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.19676, 45.12378
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Augen Gneiss And Yellow Jacket Form.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, E. H., 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-76 Stull, Susan A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Updater 01-NOV-76 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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